Sunday, April 24, 2011

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

     Collection of cases combined as one, shares a significant feature; African American children had been denied admission to segregated white public schools. In the Plessy v. Ferguson Case, it sparked what will become the African American movement to gain equality among the whites and to abolish segregation. -Brown questioned whether “race-based” segregation of children is considered under the “separate but equal” right in public schools. PBS takes a closer look into this case, and argues whether segregation should be incorporated in young children public schools. 


    Among all the cases Supreme Court resolved, this is the most significant mainly because it’s dealing with a larger impact: racial barriers. This particular case resolves the issue of equality within school grounds. Even though both cases argued implications in the Fourteenth Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education demonstrates that “separate but equal” is unjust because it doesn’t promote equality.

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